Curriculum Vitae

Personal data:

  • Born: 1960 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Married, 4 children
  • Position: Professor of Theoretical Physics (W3). Head of the group Theory of Low-Dimensional and Nanostructured Materials

Professional Education:

03/1979-07/1981Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
08/1981-12/1984Instituto Balseiro, Universidad de Cuyo, Bariloche, Argentina
10/1985-07/1989

Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Academic Degrees:

12/1984Licenciado en Física (Master in Physics), Instituto Balseiro, Universidad de Cuyo, Bariloche, Argentina. Master thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. B. Alascio on “Lattice dynamics of intermediate valence compounds”
07/1989Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (PhD in Physics), Departement of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. PhD thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. K. H. Bennemann on “Theory for the electronic properties of metal clusters
10/1994

Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. Monograph entitled “Electron correlations and magnetism in low-dimensional systems”

Professional Experience:

1985-1989Research Assistant, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1989-1993Senior Scientist, Institut für Theoretische Physik, University of Cologne, Germany
1994Invited Scientist, Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
1995Visiting Scientist, Theory Group, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
1995-2001Chargé de Recherches, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
2001-2005Directeur de Recherches, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
2006Directeur de Recherches, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nanoobjets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse, France
since 2007Professor of Theoretical Physics (W3), Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Kassel, Germany.

Publications:

140 peer-reviewed papers, 30 conference proceedings, 7 chapters of books,
about  2000 external citations, h-index = 25 (Stand March 2013).

Advisory and Review Activities:

DFG, ANR, EU, ESF, NSF, FWO, DAAD, AvH, etc.